#!/usr/bin/python # Filename: using_file.py

poem = '''\
Programming is fun 
When the work is done 
if you wanna make your work also fun: 
use Python! '''

f = file('poem.txt', 'w') # open for 'w'riting 
f.write(poem) # write text to file 
f.close() # close the file

f = file('poem.txt') # if no mode is specified, 'r'ead mode assumed by default 
while True:
 line = f.readline()
 if len(line) == 0: # Zero length indicates EOF
  break 
 print line, # Notice comma to avoid automatic newline added by Python.
f.close() # close the file